Just like ODI series now in the shortest format of the game T-20I’s series will also decide in the final game. In the second T-20I’s it is a total dominance of Kiwis opening batsmen Munro. New Zealand dominated with both bat and ball to defeat India by 40 runs in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday. The visitor Blackcaps who had lost the first match by a huge margin of 53 runs in New Delhi have now leveled the three-match series at 1-1. Opting to bat first on winning the toss, the visitors rode on an unbeaten quickfire century by opener Colin Munro to post 196/2 in their allotted 20 overs.
Munro batted through the innings, smashing 109 runs off 58 deliveries. This is his second century in 34 T20Is and second in 2017.
In the second innings of the game, the hosts could only manage to post 156/7. Fast bowler Trent Boult was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers with figures of 4/33.
Chasing a huge target, India suffered a big setback in the second over of their innings when Boult sent back openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma who were the star performer of last match. India captain Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni tried to stem the rot with a 56-run partnership. Mitchell Santner however, an end to their chances when Kohli stepped out of his crease, only to hand an easy edge to New Zealand wicketkeeper Glenn Phillips.
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